Nurse Practitioner Jobs Los Angeles

Under the supervision of the Associate Medical Director & Clinic Administrator, provide medical services to clients, ensuring appropriate and professional medical services.

• Performs patient physicals.
• Provides medical services to clients.
• Provides patient counseling services.
• Performs and documents health appraisals on clinic patients, including history, physical assessment, and developmental evaluation as indicated, also orders laboratory work and/or x-rays as indicated for patient assessment, and identifies findings that require consultation and referral.
• Initiates preventative health counseling and health promotion measures, including immunizations.
• Manages common acute problems in accordance with standardized procedures, and collaborates with physicians in the management of more complex or chronic problems.
• Assesses problems/needs when patients telephone between clinic visits, arranges for appropriate follow-up on referral, consults with a physician when indicated, and re-orders patients’ medication according to physician orders.
• Reviews clinic patients’ laboratory work and notifies clinic nurses of abnormal findings or consults directly with Physicians.
• Acts as liaison with outside agencies, physicians, and schools, and refers patients to outside resources as indicated.
• Active participation in the Quality Management Program, Utilization Review, Peer Review, AltaMed Medical Provider activities, and AltaMed’s On-call schedule.
• Performs other tasks as required for patient care and efficient functioning of the department.

• Graduation from an accredited Baccalaureate school of nursing.
• Completed training in the diagnosis and management of common as well as some complex medical conditions.
• Current licensure in the State of California. 
• Certification as an Adult/Family/Pediatric/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner.
• Previous experience with computer-based systems required; Electronic Medical records experience preferred.